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''Purpose:'' This page lists strategies for making research progress on families who lived in a place where most of the records are lost. <br> | ''Purpose:'' This page lists strategies for making research progress on families who lived in a place where most of the records are lost. <br> | ||
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File:Fire.png|<center>Fires</center> | File:Fire.png|<center>Fires</center> | ||
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The phrase "burned counties" was first used for research in Virginia where many county records were destroyed in courthouse fires, or during the Civil War.<ref>An example of relatively early use of the phrase “burned counties” is found in a regularly featured periodical article which first appeared as “Records from Burned Counties,” ''Virginia Genealogical Society Bulletin'', 4, issue 3 (July 1966) ({{FHL|41739|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 4}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61483708 WorldCat entry]).</ref> The strategies for researching places where a local courthouse or repository was wiped out by fire, tornado, war, flood, earthquake, theft, or cleaning-streak clerks are useful in similar situations all around the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. | The phrase "burned counties" was first used for research in Virginia where many county records were destroyed in courthouse fires, or during the Civil War.<ref>An example of relatively early use of the phrase “burned counties” is found in a regularly featured periodical article which first appeared as “Records from Burned Counties,” ''Virginia Genealogical Society Bulletin'', 4, issue 3 (July 1966) ({{FHL|41739|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 4}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61483708 WorldCat entry]).</ref> The strategies for researching places where a local courthouse or repository was wiped out by fire, tornado, war, flood, earthquake, theft, or cleaning-streak clerks are useful in similar situations all around the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. | ||
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|+ '''Burned Counties: A Partial List for Selected States'''<br>(as listed on the Internet at genealogyinc.com)<br> | |+ '''Burned Counties: A Partial List for Selected States'''<br>(as listed on the Internet at genealogyinc.com)<br> | ||
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[[Category:United_States]] [[Category:Canada]] [[Category: | [[Category:United_States]] [[Category:Canada]] [[Category:Places_with_historic_record_loss]] | ||